Umm... why wont this work?

So i made a little blaze rod farm, that is run by snow golems. here are some pictures:
snow golems ready to kill:
blaze rod sorting machine:
and finally, the blaze spawner itself:

It seems like it should work right? *beep* Wrong. The blazes wont drop blaze rods. can someone tell me why? ty in advanced! (tags to people that play sb alot: @Tacosbefriends@sophh_@superxsnap and every1 that plays sb alot.t those are only people that i KNOW play sb alot)

It seems like it should work right? *beep* Wrong. The blazes wont drop blaze rods. can someone tell me why? ty in advanced! (tags to people that play sb alot: @Tacosbefriends@sophh_@superxsnap and every1 that plays sb alot.t those are only people that i KNOW play sb alot)

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offtopic a bit : do snowgolems do damage? I thought they just hit things away... or is that why the water is there?

The blazes aren't dying from the snow golems; they're dying from the water. Blazes, like endermen, take damage when in contact with water. They will not drop blaze rods if killed in this fashion.

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He's basically right, they have to be killed by either you or an npc, so death by natural elements such as water isn't going to cause it to drop anything. Remove the water and make a trail of hoppers leading to a chest on the outside. The rest is fine, just don't change your biome to desert unless you want a lot of slush where those snowmen used to be.

Is it really hard to have them pushed via pistons into a 1x1x2 chamber in which you can afk around, and let them stack for enormous payout every few minutes? Just... don't make it out of wood. Fire and wood is a recipe for disaster. or a recipe for more fire.. :s Oh, and looting III swords may be hard to come by, but get one on its own with a strength II beacon, and you're rich before you've even started.